The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation is proud to announce that the 2026 Dissident Human Rights Award will be presented to Frances Hui, a democracy and human rights activist from Hong Kong. Hui began her activism at the age of 14, serving as a standing committee member… Read More
On March 17, 2026, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) presented the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom to Maximo Alvarez at the Freedom Tower in Miami, Florida. A Pedro Pan child, Alvarez is one of more than 14,000 unaccompanied minors who escaped Castro’s oppression and… Read More
On November 10, 2025, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC), in partnership with the Embassy of Lithuania, presented the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom to Cuban dissident José Daniel Ferrer. Originally given in absentia in 2020 while Ferrer was imprisoned,… Read More
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) is proud to announce Dr. Sean McMeekin as a 2025 recipient of the Lee Edwards Award for Outstanding Scholarship. VOC’s signature honor for academic achievement, the Lee Edwards Award, recognizes leading minds in… Read More
